io6 Ranunculaceae 



Aquilegia StemS smootn > i~3 feet 



flavescens branched. Leaves ternate, leaf- 

 S. Wats. lets round-cordate, 3-parted, the 



Yellow segments coarsely toothed, 2-3- 



Columbine. 



cleft. Flowers yellow, an inch 



or more long, nodding; sepals reflexed, ob- 

 long-ovate, acute, longer than the spurs; 

 petals spreading with a spur half an inch 

 long; styles and stamens nearly equal, much 

 exserted. 



The commonest columbine throughout 

 the region, growing in woods and on slopes 

 up to 8000 feet, varying greatly in colour; 

 flowering in June and July according to the 

 elevation. 



) Aquilegia Stem 2 ~ 4 feet hi & h ' brancnm 



formosa sparingly pubescent with spread- 



Fisch. ing hairs. Leaves, the lower 



Western triternately parted on long peti- 



Columbine. i ' ' j 



oles, the upper sessile and ter- 

 nate or reduced to simple bracts, leaflets 

 broadly wedge-shaped, 3 -cleft. Flowers scar- 

 let, drooping, more than an inch long; 



